Businesses need to prepare now for flexible working changes that could see an extra 4.5 million parents asking their bosses for time off. From April 2009 the right to request flexible working is extended to parents with children up to the age of 16 after changes to the Employment Act.
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Currently flexible working law allows parents with a child under six, or a disabled child under 18 or ‘carers’ to make a request for flexible working. This places a duty on employers to consider such requests seriously and only reject them for …